Stevenson
The verdict
“Stevenson” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,777. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,777
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille anglais.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stevenson |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stevenson” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Stevenson, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,777 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille anglais.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stevenson, with forms such as "setvenson", "sstevenson", and "steevnson". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Stevens", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Stevenson, spelled S-T-E-V-E-N-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille anglais.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setvenson
- sstevenson
- steevnson
- stevennson
- stevenosn
- stevensno
- stevensonn
- stevensson
- stevesnon
- stevneson
- stevvenson
- sttevenson
- stveenson
- tsevenson
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stevenson - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Stevenson”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-T-E-V-E-N-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Stevens” - see the side-by-side comparison. Stevenson vs Stevens
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.